Professional Indemnity Insurance for Specialist Consultants/Firms Proposal Form

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2 Professional Indemnity Insurance for Specialist Consultants/Firms Proposal Form Please read the following carefully before completing this proposal form. To present a clear and unambiguous picture and to ensure that underwriters understand the nature of your risk: An Individual or a Partner, Principal or Director of the Firm/Company must complete the proposal form in ink. All questions must be answered to enable a quotation to be given. Where a question is not applicable to your particular circumstances, please write N/A. If there is insufficient space to answer questions please use an additional sheet and attach it to this proposal form. Completing and signing this proposal form does not bind you, or insurers, to complete this contract of insurance. If this proposal relates to a new business or venture, please complete the questions as far as possible, giving estimated income and information about your anticipated activities. Please provide any standard contract terms, conditions, agreements or letters of appointment, which you have with your clients. 1. (a) Name of Individual or Firm(s) (including any subsidiary requiring cover) (b) Date established (c) Address(es) (specifying who is responsible, if there is more than one location) Postcode (d) Website address (e) Name(s) of any previous Firm(s) requiring cover and the date(s) on which they ceased trading 2. a) Name of Individual, Partner, Principal or Director Age and Qualifications Date Qualified Number of years Practical Experience Please attach detailed CVs 2

proposal form in ink. All questions must be answered to enable a quotation to be given. Where a question is not applicable to your particular circumstances, please write N/A.

3 b) Name of Consultants Age and Qualifications Date Qualified Number of years regularly used Practical Experience Please attach detailed CVs c) Do you require cover for past Partners, Principals or Directors? Yes No If yes, please provide details 3. a) Is any Individual or the Firm admitted to any Association or Trade Body? Yes No b) Has any person been the subject of disciplinary proceedings by any professional body? Yes No 4. Please state the total number of Partners, Principals or Directors: Specialist Staff: Consultants: 5. a) If you are a sole practitioner, please give details of arrangements made in the event of sickness or holiday. 3

a) Is any Individual or the Firm admitted to any Association or Trade Body?

4 b) Is this a Part-time occupation? Yes No If yes, please give brief details of your present full-time work. 6. Please clarify the type of work normally carried out, whether consisting of well-established techniques or nature of new and original thought developments, processes or designs employed. State whether and what licensing or similar agreements are in force and the degree to which supervision of them is exercised. 7. a) Have there been any major changes in the activities undertaken during the past twelve months or are any likely to take place in the next twelve months? Yes No b) Is cover required for any activity, now ceased, which is different from those declared, within this proposal form? Yes No 8. Please list by activity the approximate percentage of work carried out in each instance: PLEASE ATTACH A BROCHURE OR ANY `HANDOUT THAT YOU USE. ALTERNATIVELY A COMPREHENSIVELY TYPED EXPLANATION OF THE ABOVE ACTIVITIES (this will enable underwriters to better understand your risk) PLEASE ALSO PROVIDE YOUR STANDARD CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS 4

State whether and what licensing or similar agreements are in force and the degree to which supervision of them is exercised. 7.

5 9. a) Please state the gross fees/turnover received for each of the last three financial years billed to clients and an estimate for the next twelve months. Year UK Worldwide ex USA/Canada USA/Canada 19 Turnover Fees 20 Turnover Fees 20 Turnover Fees Estimate Year UK Worldwide ex USA/Canada USA/Canada 20 Turnover Fees Financial Year ends (Month) b) What percentage of fees is paid to sub-contractors or consultants? 10. a) Please list the three largest contracts undertaken in the last three years: i) ii) iii) b) What is the largest annual income earned from a single client in the last twelve months? In the case of Overseas contracts, please list the countries involved and whether U K or local law applies. Also, please give brief details of the contract(s) and size. 11. Do you or have you ever undertaken contracts involving physical contracting? Yes No If yes, please provide full details 12. a) When Professional Sub-contractors or Specialist Consultants are engaged, have you, in the past, and will you in the future endeavour to ensure that they are appointed directly by and paid by the client? Yes No b) Have you and will you ensure that such persons or firms have entered into a binding contract accepting full responsibility for their own Professional neglect, error or omission and that they carry and maintain in force Professional Indemnity insurance? Yes No 5

percentage of fees is paid to sub-contractors or consultants? 10.

6 13. a) If you are a member of a consortium or have entered into a joint-venture agreement, please give details. b) Do you undertake work for or are you associated, either by shareholding or official position, with any company/organisation, where you are in a position to make major decisions? Yes No c) Do you undertake work for or are you associated, either by shareholding or official position, with any company/organisation, where you are in a position to make major decisions? Yes No d) Have any of the Partners, Principals or Directors been a Partner, Principal or Director or been associated with any business that has ceased trading, either voluntarily or compulsorily? Yes No If yes, please give details 14. Do you wish to consider any of the following extensions? Loss of Documents Yes No Unintentional Breach of Confidentiality Yes No Libel & Slander Yes No Unintentional Breach of Copyright Yes No Dishonesty of Employees Yes No Claims arising from Associated Companies Yes No 15. Do you currently have Professional Indemnity insurance? Yes No Expiry date Limit Excess Insurer 6

Yes No c) Do you undertake work for or are you associated, either by shareholding or official position, with any company/organisation, where you are in a position to make major decisions?

7 16. Have you ever had any Professional Indemnity insurance cancelled, declined or only written at special terms? Yes No 17. Please state: limit of indemnity required self insured excess 18. a) Do you always require satisfactory written references when engaging employees? Yes No b) Is any Partner, Principal, Director or Employee allowed to sign cheques on their sole signature? Yes No If yes, please give details c) How often are employees who receive cash or cheques, during the course of their duties, required to pay these in? d) How often are checks carried out on all entries in cash books, with all paying-in books, receipts, counterfoils and vouchers being reconciled with bank statements, including the balance of cash and unpresented cheques, independently of employees receiving or banking monies, belonging to the Firm or in trust, on behalf of others? 19. Have you EVER had any claims made against you or know of any circumstances that could or would have resulted in a claim, if cover had been in force? Yes No If yes, please give full details. 7

Yes No If yes, please give details c) How often are employees who receive cash or cheques, during the course of their duties, required to pay these in?

8 IMPORTANT NOTICE CONCERNING DISCLOSURE It is your duty to disclose all material facts to Insurers. A material fact is one, which may influence an Underwriter s judgement in the consideration of your proposal. If your proposal is a renewal, it is likely that any change in facts previously advised to Insurers will be material and such changes should be highlighted. If you are in any doubt as whether a fact is material or not, you should disclose it. FAILURE TO DISCLOSE could prejudice your rights to recover in the event of a claim or allow Insurers to void the policy. I/We declare that the statements and particulars contained in the proposal are true and that I/we have not misstated or suppressed any material facts. I/We agree that this proposal, together with any other information supplied by me/us shall form the basis of any contract of insurance effected thereon. I/We undertake to inform Insurers of any material alteration to these facts occurring before completion of the contract of insurance. However, the duty to disclose material facts continues after completion of this proposal and throughout any period of insurance (and any extensions thereto), upon which this proposal form was used as the basis of the contract of insurance. Date (day) (month) (year) Signature: (Individual, Partner, Principal or Director) Position: A COPY OF THIS PROPOSAL SHOULD BE RETAINED BY YOU FOR YOUR OWN RECORDS Towergate Underwriting and Towergate Underwriting Financial Risks are trading names of Towergate Underwriting Group Limited Towergate House, 77 Leadenhall Street, London EC3A 3DE Tel: Fax: financialrisks@towergate.co.uk Registered Office: Towergate House, Eclipse Park, Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone, Kent ME14 3EN Registered in England No Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority 2599/186/PF/12.10/11971

If your proposal is a renewal, it is likely that any change in facts previously advised to Insurers will be material and such changes should be highlighted.

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